JUST JOINING US, HERE'S ONE PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AT THE WATER COOLER, IT IS DAUGHTER VERSUS PARENTS IN THE COURTROOM. THE TWO SIDES WILL BE BATTLING OVER COLLEGE TUITION, WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT. 18-YEAR-OLD HONORS STUDENT OF NEW JERSEY IS TAKING HER PARENTS TO COURT OVER ALL THIS. SHE IS ARGUING IT IS STILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY HER WAY TRU COLLEGE. SHE SAYS HER PARENTS ABANDONED HER AND WON'T PAY EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL ACCEPTANCE LETTERS. HER PARENTS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY SAYING RACHEL RAN AWAY BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE HOUSE. I'M DUMBFOUNDED, SO IS MY WIFE AND SO ARE MY OTHER DAUGHTERS. SHE IS GETTING TERRIBLE INFORMATION. HOW DOES THE LAW FACTOR INTO ALL THIS? TODAY RACHEL WILL ASK A JUDGE NOT TO EMANCIPATE HER OR FREE HER FROM CONTROL OF HER PARENTS. IF THE JUDGE SIDES WITH RACHEL, HER ATTORNEYS ARGUE HER PARENTS HAVE A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. -

A northern New Jersey honor student is suing her parents for financial support and to force them to pay for her college education.

A judge in Morristown has scheduled a hearing Tuesday in the lawsuit filed by 18-year-old Rachel Canning.

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Canning claims her parents threw her out of their Lincoln Park home when she turned 18.

Canning's father, a former Lincoln Park police chief, says his daughter ran away from home in October because she didn't want to abide by the family's household rules. Those rules included following a curfew and doing chores.

Canning has been living in Rockaway Township with the family of her best friend. The friend's father, former Morris County Freeholder John Inglesino, is funding the teen's lawsuit.

Canning says she has received several acceptance letters and is interested in attending the University of Vermont, a private school. WCBS-TV reports she has a $20,000 scholarship.

"We have a college fund available to her, but this is the equivalent of shopping at a high-end store and sending somebody the bill," Canning's father said.

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